Hardy Bryan Croom and John Torrey correspondence, 1834-1837
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- Publication date
- 1834
- Topics
- Herbarium, Botanical specimens, Anoles, Argemone, Baptisia, Citrus, Cleome, Hibiscus, Malva, Podocarpus, Rhynchospora, Rudbeckia, Smilax, Plants, Croom, Hardy Bryan, 1797-1837, Torrey, John, 1796-1873, Bachman, John, 1790-1874, Chapman, A. W. (Alvan Wentworth), 1809-1899, Curtis, M. A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872, Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830, Gray, Asa, 1810-1888, Poinsett, J. R. (Joel Roberts), 1779-1851, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- Collection
- nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden
- Contributor
- New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 47.2M
John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden
Correspondence from Hardy Bryan Croom to John Torrey, dated 1834-1837, discussing personal and botanical matters. Croom writes from both his home in New Bern, North Carolina, and northwestern Florida, where he has established a plantation and collects plants and other natural specimens. Croom make the occasional comment on the politics of the day, but speaks most often and most passionately about the plants of Florida. In the last two letters in the collection Croom discusses his plans to move his family to Charleston and Florida; the last letter is written six months before Croom and his entire family perished in a shipwreck on the way to their new home. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Catalpa cordifolia, Chaptalia integrifolia, Houstonia rotundifolia, Peucedanum ternatum, Nuttallia, Nyssa candicans, and Thyrsanthus
Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online
Correspondence from Hardy Bryan Croom to John Torrey, dated 1834-1837, discussing personal and botanical matters. Croom writes from both his home in New Bern, North Carolina, and northwestern Florida, where he has established a plantation and collects plants and other natural specimens. Croom make the occasional comment on the politics of the day, but speaks most often and most passionately about the plants of Florida. In the last two letters in the collection Croom discusses his plans to move his family to Charleston and Florida; the last letter is written six months before Croom and his entire family perished in a shipwreck on the way to their new home. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Catalpa cordifolia, Chaptalia integrifolia, Houstonia rotundifolia, Peucedanum ternatum, Nuttallia, Nyssa candicans, and Thyrsanthus
Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online
- Abstract
- Correspondence from Hardy Bryan Croom to John Torrey, dated 1834-1837, discussing personal and botanical matters. Croom writes from both his home in New Bern, North Carolina, and northwestern Florida, where he has established a plantation and collects plants and other natural specimens. Croom make the occasional comment on the politics of the day, but speaks most often and most passionately about the plants of Florida. In the last two letters in the collection Croom discusses his plans to move his family to Charleston and Florida; the last letter is written six months before Croom and his entire family perished in a shipwreck on the way to their new home. Obsolete plant names mentioned include Catalpa cordifolia, Chaptalia integrifolia, Houstonia rotundifolia, Peucedanum ternatum, Nuttallia, Nyssa candicans, and Thyrsanthus.
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- 2017-05-02 21:47:28
- Call number
- nybgb12086551
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- nybgb12086551
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- 0
- Genre
- biography
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- hardybryancroom00croo
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- ark:/13960/t0ms9387x
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- nybgb12086551
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- ABBYY FineReader 11.0
- Pages
- 46
- Possible copyright status
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.
- Ppi
- 300
- Year
- 1834-1837
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